Cher Thierno, je t'écris depuis Milan, quatre ans après avoir quitté ma maison en Colombie, avec mon permis de séjour sur les points d'expirer. Je crois qu'il est aussi temps de dire adieu à l'Italie. Aujourd'hui, c'était le jour de ma remise de diplôme, et j'ai marché dans le parc du Castello Sforzesco...
Wednesday, Wednesday, December 29th, 2010, to be exact. I was in Marseilles, my hometown, where I had to come to spend the Christmas holiday while waiting to return to Italy, where a new life had been waiting for me since January...
... il giorno dopo, accompagnato dallo zio, sono andato a fare il passaporto, che nel giro di una settimana era già pronto. Lo guardavo, non avevo mai pensato di possederlo. Nessuno dei miei amici lo aveva mai avuto. Quanto mi sentivo figo! Però il mio entusiasmo non durò molto. Non bastava solo il passaporto e il biglietto aereo ...
Io sono emigrata perché volevo amare, sono emigrata perché volevo studiare, sono immigrata perché ero curiosa di andare a conoscere il mondo. Sono emigrata
perché ero un'adolescente che era stufa dei suoi genitori. Ho cambiato contesto per essere ciò che sono oggi.
The H2020 project ITHACA – Interconnecting histories and archives for migrant agency presents Migrant diaries. Life stories on the road. Whatever is cause of migrating - from humanitarian crises to political reasons, form environmental to religious causes or personal aspirations - ITHACA wants to move away from narrating the emergency logic often propagated by the media and tell you individual, self-narrated life stories. This podcast is part of a comprehensive archive collecting multimedia narratives of migrants both in the past and in the present: www.ithacahorizon.eu. Credits: The project has received funding from the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Framework programme, G.A. 101004539. The sole responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the author/s. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. Coordinator: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Producer: Radiopapesse.org Sound design: Butafuego audio Photos: Mohamed Keita Graphics: Gloria Maggioli
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The H2020 project ITHACA – Interconnecting histories and archives for migrant agency presents Migrant diaries. Life stories on the road. Whatever is cause of migrating - from…
humanitarian crises to political reasons, form environmental to religious causes or personal aspirations - ITHACA wants to move away from narrating the emergency logic often propagated by the media and tell you individual, self-narrated life stories. This podcast is part of a comprehensive archive collecting multimedia narratives of migrants both in the past and in the present: www.ithacahorizon.eu. Credits: The project has received funding from the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Framework programme, G.A. 101004539. The sole responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the author/s. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. This podcast is part of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia activities, in collaboration with Archivio Diaristico Nazionale in Pieve Santo Stefano, Italy. Producers: Radiopapesse.org Sound design: Butafuego audio Photos: Mohamed Keita Graphics: Gloria Maggioli.